#Post • DARLENE LOVE: Billboard Q&A on Eve of Her New Album Release [VIDEO] /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 16, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, Videos

Ever since the announcement of its recording, fans of Phil Spector’s sixties Wall of Sound and in particular, one of its main stars, Darlene Love, have been eagerly waiting for September 17th to arrive.   The new 14-track album by Love, her first in 30 years, is...

#Post • KEITH RICHARDS: Confirms New Stones Album & On Fallon’s Show This Friday /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 16, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Classic Rock, Rock, Rolling Stones, UK Artists

(Image Courtesy of TIFF) According to a least two sources, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards stated in both a live Los Angeles radio interview on Tuesday (9/15) and in an interview published today (9/16) on TheQuietus.com, that the ‘The World’s...

#Post • CYNDI LAUPER: Girls Just Want To Have ‘Country’ Fun /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 16, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, 80's, American Artists, Pop, Top 40

According to an article in BANG Showbiz, Cyndi Lauper has become the latest rock/pop music icon to head to Nashville to record an album of country music.   On the pop side, Lauper’s 1983 debut solo album She’s So Unusual was the first debut female...

#Post • ELTON JOHN: Nyet! Phone Call with Putin Was A Hoax! [AUDIO] /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 16, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

Over the weekend, you may have heard that Sir Elton John, speaking to the BBC, stated he’d like to sit down for a meeting with President Vladmir Putin to discuss Russian gay rights and inequality.   And yesterday (9-15) you may also have heard that the...

#Post • MARC BOLAN: Late ‘T. Rex’ Vocalist Remembered 38 Years Later [AUDIO] /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 16, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Top 40, UK Artists

As notated at the excellent music website, This Day In Music, it was 38 years ago today that one of the greatest stars of the genre of music known as Glam Rock – Marc Bolan – was killed in a car crash in his native UK.   T. Rex (L-R): Bill Legend,...